* A PORTION OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLORADO...INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS AND THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY.

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT

* SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL ARE FORECAST FOR THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE ANY HEAVY RAIN THAT FALLS ON THE WEST FORK COMPLEX BURN SCAR.

* RESIDENTS AND VISITORS TO THE EASTERN SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS SHOULD MONITOR RAINFALL AND BE PREPARED TO FIND HIGHER GROUND SHOULD FLASH FLOODING OCCUR...ESPECIALLY IN AND AROUND BURN SCARS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. TURN AROUND...DO NOT DROWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MEANS THAT CONDITIONS MAY DEVELOP THAT LEADTO FLASH FLOODING. FLASH FLOODING IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE ACTIONSHOULD FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS BE ISSUED.

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